[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 97 (Friday, May 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 43404]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10834]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health 
(ABRWH), Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews, National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of 
Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the 
following meeting of the Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews (SPR) of 
the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH or the 
Advisory Board). This meeting is open to the public, but without a 
public comment period. The public is welcome to submit written comments 
in advance of the meeting, to the contact person below. Written 
comments received in advance of the meeting will be included in the 
official record of the meeting. The public is also welcomed to listen 
to the meeting by joining the audio conference (information below). The 
audio conference line has 150 ports for callers.

DATES: The meeting will be held on July 30, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 
p.m., EDT. Written comments must be received on or before July 21, 
2024.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by mail to: Rashaun Roberts, 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, MS C-24, 
Cincinnati, Ohio 45226.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rashaun Roberts, Ph.D., Designated 
Federal Officer, National Center for Occupational Safety and Health, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1090 Tusculum Avenue, 
Mailstop C-24, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, Telephone: (513) 533-6800, Toll 
Free 1(800) CDC-INFO, Email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Background: The Advisory Board was established under the Energy 
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to 
advise the President on a variety of policy and technical functions 
required to implement and effectively manage the new compensation 
program. Key functions of the Advisory Board include providing advice 
on the development of probability of causation guidelines that have 
been promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 
as a final rule, advice on methods of dose reconstruction which have 
also been promulgated by HHS as a final rule, advice on the scientific 
validity and quality of dose estimation and reconstruction efforts 
being performed for purposes of the compensation program, and advice on 
petitions to add classes of workers to the Special Exposure Cohort 
(SEC). In December 2000, the President delegated responsibility for 
funding, staffing, and operating the Advisory Board to HHS, which 
subsequently delegated this authority to the CDC. NIOSH implements this 
responsibility for CDC.
    The charter was issued on August 3, 2001, renewed at appropriate 
intervals, and rechartered under Executive Order 14109 on September 29, 
2023. Unless continued by the President the Board will terminate on 
September 30, 2025, consistent with E.O. 14109 of September 29, 2023.
    Purpose: The Advisory Board is charged with (a) providing advice to 
the Secretary, HHS, on the development of guidelines under Executive 
Order 13179; (b) providing advice to the Secretary, HHS, on the 
scientific validity and quality of dose reconstruction efforts 
performed for this program; and (c) upon request by the Secretary, HHS, 
advise the Secretary on whether there is a class of employees at any 
Department of Energy facility who were exposed to radiation but for 
whom it is not feasible to estimate their radiation dose, and on 
whether there is reasonable likelihood that such radiation doses may 
have endangered the health of members of this class. The ABRWH 
Subcommittee on Procedure Reviews (SPR) is responsible for overseeing, 
tracking, and participating in the reviews of all procedures used in 
the dose reconstruction process by the NIOSH Division of Compensation 
Analysis and Support (DCAS) and its dose reconstruction contractor (Oak 
Ridge Associated Universities--ORAU).
    Matters to be Considered: The meeting agenda will include 
discussions on the following: 1. Carry-over items from March 14, 2024, 
SPR meeting, including a. DCAS-PER-040 ``Mallinckrodt TBD Revisions,'' 
b. DCAS-PER-068 ``Electro Metallurgical Co,'' c. DCAS-PER-070 ``Nuclear 
Metals Inc.,'' d. DCAS-PER-072 ``Seymour Specialty Wiring Co,'' e. 
ORAUT-RPRT-0060 ``Neutron Dose from Highly Enriched Uranium,'' and f. 
DR template reviews--findings versus observations. 2. Newly-issued SC&A 
reviews, including a. ORAUT-OTIB-0036 ``Internal Dosimetry Coworker 
Data for Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant,'' b. ORAUT-OTIB-0040 
``External Coworker Dosimetry Data for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion 
Plant,'' c. ORAUT-OTIB-0093 ``Conversion of Committed Effective Dose to 
Annual Organ Dose,'' and d. ORAUT-RPRT-0087 ``Applications of 
Regression in External Dose Reconstruction.''; 3. Preparation for 
August 2024 Full ABRWH Meeting: Review of technical guidance documents 
ready for full Board approval; 4. Newly-Issued Guidance and 
Supplemental Topics. Agenda items are subject to change as priorities 
dictate. For additional information, please contact Toll Free 1(800) 
232-4636.
    Meeting Information: Audio Conference Call via FTS Conferencing. 
The USA toll-free dial-in number is 1-866-659-0537; the pass code is 
9933701.
    The Director, Office of Strategic Business Initiatives, Office of 
the Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, has been delegated the authority to sign Federal Register 
notices pertaining to announcements of meetings and other committee 
management activities, for both the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

Kalwant Smagh,
Director, Office of Strategic Business Initiatives, Office of the Chief 
Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-10834 Filed 5-16-24; 8:45 am]
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